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The municipality of Bormujos (17,670 inhabitants in 2008; 1,217 ha) is located 8 km west of Seville.
The origin of the name of the town is unresolved yet. Some historians believe that it was derived from "Boromuj," the name of a Moorish estate ("alquería"). However, the philologists García de Diego and Menéndez Pidal claim that Bormujos was formed on the Iberic root "borm," an hydronym referring to mineral waters. The place has been settled, with grapevine and olive tree cultivation since at least the Roman times, the Roman "villae" being subsequently replaced by Moorish "alquerías." Granted the title of "villa" in the 16th century, the town directly depended on Seville until sold near the end of the 17th century - beginning of the 18th century to the Guzmán family.
Bormujos is the birth place of the theater and film actor Juan Diego Ruiz Moreno (b. 1941) and of the dancer Francisco Franco Moreno (b. 1965).
Source: Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 02 Aug 2009
The flag and arms of Bormujos were approved by the Municipal Council on 19 May 2004 and submitted on 21 May 2004 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 13 July 2004, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 148 on 29 July 2004.
The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:
Coat of arms: Vert [an olive tree] argent with the foliage and trunk traced sable, flanked dexter by a crozier per bend or over it a miter of the same and sinister by two swords or crossed per saltire. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.Flag: Rectangular flag in proportions 11 x 18, made of green olive fabric charged with a cross quartered first and fourth white second and third lemon yellow, overall the municipal shield.
The symbols should be registered on the Andalusian Register of Local Entities, with their official written description and graphics (as originally submitted, but unfortunately not appended to the Decree).
Source: BOJA, No. 148, p. 16,881, 29 Jul 2004
The flag is partially seen on photos taken during the inauguration of the new Adults' Center (first row, third column).
The "Universo Andalucista" website shows the flag and arms of Bormuja. The flag lacks the coat of arms, while the coat of arms, represented beaneath the flag, has yellow olive tree and a simplified crown (see below).
Ivan Sache, 02 Aug 2009
The coat of arms is presented on the municipal website with the olive tree or and the crown of the same. The written description matches the Decree... except the colour of the olive tree, or (argent in the Decree, "olive tree" being omitted!). This representation is clearly not the official coat of arms but its simplification, probably used as a logo. Green recalls the rural origin of the town and the importance of the olive tree, explicitely represented on the coat of arms. The crozier and miter represents a bishop, here the patron saint of the town, Santo Domingo de Silos. There is no explanation given for the swords.
Photos taken during the Non-Violence Day confirms that the olive tree should be argent and the crown in its colours (coat of arms shown on the banderole).
Ivan Sache, 02 Aug 2009